PROJECTS BY REGIONS

YES PROJECT

Education

JMF’s Education Department prioritizes activities and projects that help to build human capacity in Armenia to address the needs of school age children of vulnerable families, street children, disabled children, orphans, institutionalized children and their teachers by supporting the following activities:

Increase the professional qualification of the education specialists and strengthen the capacity and performance of education institutions.

Assist NGOs that work with children and adults with special learning needs – helping these organizations guarantee equal education for marginalized groups.

Assist adults with special learning needs obtain skills and knowledge to compete in the labor market - linking skills development with income generation and poverty reduction.

Beneficiaries Description: Direct beneficiaries are around 60-80 schoolchildren aged 10-15 from four remote villages of Syunik and Lori Marzes. Indirect beneficiaries are families of these children, other school students and school administration.

Beneficiaries Description: DDC project directly targets about 500 students and university graduates (18-30 years of age) of state 10 universities in Yerevan (nearly 100 students), Gavar in Gegharquniq region (nearly 100 students), Gyumri in Shirak region (nearly 150 students) and Vanadzor in Lori region (nearly 150 students) keeping and considering the gender balance and diversity. The indirect or final beneficiaries of the project are the other students/graduates of the universities/community youth (peers of the project direct participants), about 4,000 in total: nearly 1,500 from Yerevan and 2,500 from Gavar, Gyumri, and Vanadzor, who will be influenced indirectly by the project activities. In addition the universities’ administration/faculty and other stakeholders in the field of education will indirectly benefit from this project’s implementation.

Beneficiaries Description: In total 10-17 years old 156 children from Lori, Gegharkouniq, Armavir, Shirak regions, Yerevan city and Artsakh (78 disabled children and 78 children from socially vulnerable families) and 10 camp counselors

Beneficiaries Description: In total 10-17 years old 156 children from Lori, Gegharkouniq region, Yerevan and Kharabagh (81 disabled children and 75 children from socially vulnerable families from Stepanavan, Tashir, Gavar, Sevan cities and surrounding villages as well as Yerevan and Kharabagh)

Beneficiaries Description: In total 10-17 years old 156 children from Lori, Gegharkouniq region, Yerevan and Kharabagh (81 disabled children and 75 children from socially vulnerable families from Stepanavan, Tashir, Gavar, Sevan cities and surrounding villages as well as Yerevan and Kharabagh)

Beneficiaries Description: Direct beneficiaries are 120 students from YES project schools will directly participate in 12 TV debates. Additionally, 120 students and 24 mentors will directly take part in the debates as audience. Indirect beneficiaries are the schools’ administrations, the other children of the schools, parents, and general public.

Beneficiaries Description: In total 10-17 years old 156 children from Lori, Gegharkouniq marzes, Yerevan and Kharabagh (81 disabled children and 75 children from socially vulnerable families from Stepanavan, Tashir, Gavar, Sevan cities and surrounding villages as well as Yerevan and Kharabagh)

Beneficiaries Description: Direct beneficiaries are 50 students from YES project schools who will directly participate in 5 TV debates. Additionally, 50 students and 10 mentors will directly take part in the debates as audience. Indirect beneficiaries are the schools’ administrations, the other children of the schools, parents, and general public.

Beneficiaries Description: The direct beneficiaries of the project are the students of 130 schools and 7 regional universities involved in the JMF’s debate club projects, totally 3000 students. The indirect beneficiaries of the project are the other students of the schools/ universities, parents, general audience of Yerkir Media TV Chanel

Beneficiaries Description: In total 10-17 years old 156 children from Lori, Gegharkouniq region, Yerevan and Kharabagh (81 disabled children and 75 children from socially vulnerable families, Stepanavan, Tashir, Gavar, Sevan cities and surrounding villages as well as Yerevan and Kharabagh)

Beneficiaries Description: Project has three levels of beneficiaries: Children attending the camps; participants of the Workshop/TOT training (university students and camp staff working with children) and the camps. The ultimate beneficiaries of the project are 1300 children present in the camps during project implementation, who all will directly experience the Play It Fair! Toolkit games and the camps’ atmosphere. However, there are also intermediary beneficiaries in the project: the 21 university students and 3 camp staff, who will also function as human rights educators and facilitators.

Beneficiaries Description: The direct beneficiaries of the project will be the students of seven universities. At least 280 students, 40 from each university, will be directly involved in the project’s main activities: intra-university debate tournaments and TV debates. Indirect beneficiaries of the project are the other students and the staff of the seven universities, Yerkir Media studio “Azat Qaghaqaci” program audience.

Beneficiaries Description: Direct beneficiaries are around 307 schoolchildren aged 10-15 from six remote villages of Gegharkounik and Syunik Marzes. Indirect beneficiaries are families of these children and school staff

Beneficiaries Description: 579 school age children from socially vulnerable families from remote villages of Amasia, Ashotsk, Chambarak & Vardenis regions and the families of these children. Indirect beneficiaries are local shoemakers and their immediate families.

Beneficiaries Description: Direct beneficiaries are around 323 schoolchildren aged 10-15 from eight remote villages of Gegharquniq and Syunik Marzes. Indirect beneficiaries are families of these children and school staff.

Beneficiaries Description: In total 60 teenagers and young people (age 14-25) from vulnerable families of Echmiadzin and neighboring villages. Indirect beneficiaries are their families and local community participating in the events organized by CAU center

Beneficiaries description: Annually about 10-15 participant students selected among: orphans from state and private orphanages, needy youth and anyone interested in learning the vocation, for the preparation and realization of electrical works.

Beneficiaries Description: About 160 school age children from socially vulnerable families that are temporarily residing in the Children’s Care Centre and Protection night school and visiting Child Social Care Centre in Yerevan

Beneficiaries Description: Totally about 155 school age children from socially vulnerable families that are staying at Yerevan #1 Child Care and Protection Night School (80 children) and temporarily residing in the Children’s Care Center (Fund for Armenian Relief (FAR) center (75 children).

Beneficiaries Description: 54 children from vulnerable families from Echmiadzin town and 8 girls (orphanage graduates) from Our Home NGO. Indirect beneficiaries include the families of the children and CAU current and future students.